Character map in this sense is part of the translation process of Framemaker files.

Files are saved into the Framemaker mif format (similar to .doc > .rtf).

These are then converted to .rtf files through translation software.

When languages such as Czech, Polish, Serbian are used, some characters do not convert properly when importing back to Framemaker.

These characters are substituted in word before the conversion, e.g.á>£EÁ>£Lé>£FÉ>£Kč>$AČ>$Bď>$CĎ>$D

I have found one solution to this now (below), but any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

Nick

This vb script works from inside word, asks for a folder to process, then runs the script "CHmapCZ_tested" on each file in the folder. The "CHmapCZ_tested" script find/replaces the characters as above, so that the conversion can be reversed in Framemaker.

One way would be to use commandline arguments, but that doesn't give you a menu-selection. A menu can be made in either a batch-script or the vbscript by displaying all the files with the macroname extension (vbs?) or some subset based on your own naming convention. Then just use set /p (batch) or wscript.stdin.readline (vbscript) to obtain the input. sample vbscript snippet:'===== begin vbscriptset fso=createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")set folder=fso.getfolder(".")for each file in folder.filesif lcase(fso.getextensionname(file))=".vbs" then wscript.echo file.namenextwscript.stdout.write ("selection from above: ")map=wscript.stdin.readline

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